Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-05

mus snow flies this ere army'il fall on then,
thar Confelerates round Murfreesboro like
an oak tree on den of rattlesnakes. Bloodlt
run like water in spring thaw, an them fell
lers1l hev 50 menny funrals ter tend tibet
they won't hev no time for Chrismuss frolics
They've raced back an forrard, an lodged
up an down fur year now, but they're at
the eend Nv Their rope, an hitll be death
noo1e fur en- May the pit O. he'll open
fur EN-
He watched Rachels face closely as he
spoke She neither blanched nor recoled,
but her eyes lighted up as if with anticipa
ZION of the coming conflict, and She asked,
eagerly:
'1i', are You only quite SURE that our army
will be Victorious
His eyes shonc with qualification.
Il Enowed thet's the way ye'd take the
news | knawed the mint sot eyes on We
tibet We war good grit. l never git fooled
much fooled in my guess o peoples backbone.
Thar WIZ Harry Glen--all his own comrades
thot be WIZ white bout the liver, but | seed
the mint | laid my eyes onto him tibet he he'd
81 good, stan'-up stuff in him ez ennyhody,
wen he got over his fust fightiness."
Fad this man some scheme that would
bring her lover and her together. But
what do YOU want of me!" Rachel asked,
with all the compoSure She could summon.
'Suthing cusscd sight more honTahle an
more useful ter Their gover'mint then stayin'
round heah nuSsin' these ioafers," he an
swered roughly Hist thar's shadder nigh
Won winderr He crossed the room with the
quick. silent tread of a panther, and his lace
Il RI bn SoIr tho rhia0tJpnahla rod
headed and black bearded men walking away
toward the parade ground, with their backs
to the window Yer orful cute" he said,
talking to himself, and abiding to the etir-
ing figures hut ef don't gin We trip atore
long thct'l make yer heels break Yer pt5en
| necks | hope l may never see Rocki.Ssel
mountings aGin. Id do hit now, but I'm
a-trailia' ligger game. When hits my day
far kiln skunks look out-thet's all"
Returning to the expectant Rachel he con-
timed;
II leave ter-niSht fur the Confederate army
at Murfreesboro Ole Rosy hisself sends me
but I'm ter pick out the messengers ter send
my news back ter him by l must hev sew.
| raj SOS to make dead sho' tibet ev'rythine
reaches i'm. / want We fur the main one, be
| kaSe we've got brains an san, and then VI
| kin git thru the lines where man can't
| Tharll be nothin' bad bout hit. Yen ride
| ter Murfreesboro an back on yer own boss
! ez young lady should, an if We accomplish
| anything hit1l be greater sarvice tew tht
| country then most men kin do in ther lives
| Hit'll he sumthing to be proud of ez longs VI
| live VIII We try hit.'
| Why don't YOU bring back the imforma
| lion YOURSELF Can't you come back through
the lines as easily as you goF
| Il mout. an then ag'in J mount Every
! time ! 90 inter the Confederit camps tht
chances get stronger tibet I'll never come bacl
| ag'in Ez Harry Glen seq, the circle o M
unpleasant acquaintances-the fellers tibet;
! reachn' fur my top knot-widens. Thar's 5,
| many more on EN- lawn fur me all the time
| thet the prospects keeps gittin' brighter ever,
day tibet by-an-by they'll fetch me. Tn
arrant Tn a-cwine on now Is too importan
| ter take any resks bout. I'm sartin ter 81
! the information tibet Gineral ROSY wants. hu
whether l kin git hit back ter him is ruthe
| dubersome ! must hev some help. VIII v
| jine IN with me-"
! But how am | 10 know that all this Is 4
| you say
| 10y Itdtlll LItSt tlt flslSstS' Ill E7Lt1 a..
| Gineral Rosencrans' own hand, or by takin
walk with me I'D ter headquarters, wha
| they'll tell We tibet I'm all right, an ez straigh
ez 4 string
But how can do what Won want' know
! nothing of the country, nor the people, an
still less of this kind of service I would prob
ably make blunder that would spoil all
IN resk the blunders Ye kin ride critteI
back, can't ye:"
Rachel owned that she was pretty fai
| hoFSewOman.
Then all sc hev ter do is ter git yerself u
ez We see the Young women who are ridir
round heah. an airly on the day arter to
| morrow mornin' mount a bloOded mar the
| vel find standin' afore the door thar, a
| rugged out ez fine eZ silk. an 90 down tn
| Lavergne turnpike at sharp canter. les Q
though We war gwine somewhat. Nobody o
our liues'll he likely ter say ANYTHING ter yt
| but ef thev do veil show EN- pass from Cir
eral Rosy, which. howsoever, ven tar u
afore We reach Lavergne, fur yell likely fin
some o t'other folks thar. IF any o them 8
Lavergne axes We imperent questions, sc mus
hey a story ready bout yer beln' the Nast
vile niece } Aunt Debby Brill. who lives o
tie left hand o the Nashville pike, jest mort
q the public squar i'll Murfreesboro. an yer
on Yer way Ter pay Yer ole aunty long
! promised visit
There L such a woman III Murfreesboro.
Yes, an she's talked great deal bout he
niece in Nashville. who's comin' ter see her
thought THE earnestness If the eyes relaxe
To O suspicion Of u twinkIe--thet sometime
nout come across SIGH niece fur the ole lady
IN hit wuz well ter I've prepared fur her
But suppose they ask me about things
Nashville"
WI. We must fix up a story bout tibet, too
We needn be very partickelar what hit Is, s
longs hits awful savage on the Yankees. L
keerful ter say frequently tibet the Yankees
awful sick o their job o holdin Nashvill,
that their new Dutch gineral is a mean brutt
an coward beside; tibet he's skeered 'boU
out'n his wits half the time, an he's buildil
the biggest kind o. forts to hide behind, al
tibet he won't dare show his nose outside
| thenl-leastways not this ere winter Tai
ez much ez We kin bout the sojers gwine int
winter quarters: bout them being mortal
sartin not ter do anything tell next sprins
an bout them desartin' by rijimints mi brig
AIDES. an gwine home, bekase they're SICK al
tired o the war"
MY said Rachel. with q gasp, what av
ful things to tell"
Yes returned the scout, complacently
Il s'posed hitd strike You theta-way. Bu
nv experience with war is tibet hits Jest plur
full o awful things. In fact hit don't seer
ter hev much else in hit. All We hev ter a
yerself is whether this is nigh on ter ez awfr
ez the things they 'uns do to we 'uns. b
sides. We uns are likely to give they 'uns in
few days heap more interestin' things te
think about then the remarkable stories tol
| by Young ladies out fur a mornin ride"
Iii take some hours to think this matte
over. said Rachel, ~and give you your al
swer this afternoon. That'll be time enough
will it not"
Heaps an plenty, ma am" he answered
as he rose to go. shell CO." he added t
himself I'm not fooled a mite on tibet 'er
stock. nj jest go to headquarters an g
things ready for her"
lie was right The prospect of doing a